Most helpful review for Headhunter Pulse

Headhunter Pulse
I recently purchased a pulse headhunter
detector to use in the carribean on vacation to hunt for rings and coins. I
live in colorado and won't be
going on vacation for a couple of months.

I took the detector to a nearby park where
they have sand around the playground equipment. I found a penny at 7 inches
and a 3 inch long nail at 13
inches. I planted a ladies gold ring at 6 inches and received good tone, a
man's gold wedding band at 10
inches and a nickel at 13 inches. These gave good hard repeatable tones,
something you would
definately dig.

I couldn't get good hard repeatable tones deeper than these depths. I
was very impressed with this detector and the depths it gets. I have been
detecting for about 14 years
and have owned 8 other detectors.

I am posting this review because i couldn't find
very much information on this machine before i purchased it.

Most helpful review for Garrett Sea Hunter Mark II

Great machine... Know what you are doing
To call this machine rubbish or junk is just ignorant. I've used PI
machines for years in many places and I know them well, so I will try and
help some people out with this review.

The SHM11 is a machine for diggers. Period. If you don't like to dig
nails, or bottle caps, or fish hooks, sinkers, etc... Don't get this
machine, but you will miss the pleasant surprises that come from hearing a
very faint, sometimes almost imperceptible tone, taking a scoop, getting
louder, another scoop, blowing your ears out , and BAM! A nice gold ring
in the scoop that the VLF guys went right over.

There is a phenomenon with PI detectors that causes them to detect objects
deeper in salt water and wet salt sand than in air alone, so air tests are
not accurate. Because it is a PI machine, iron reads as a good conductor,
so there is NO WAY you can discriminate iron, and any amount of an attempt
at discrimination will cost you depth.
This is what you have to do... Run on zero discrimination on standard mode
and forget discreet mode, It costs you depth. There will be a natural
wavering of the tone, and in highly mineralized sand you will get a false
signal if you touch the coil to the sand, but you will get a slight, or
loud, sharp, REPEATABLE increase in volume when you go over a target.

No matter what Garrett tells you, or anyone tells you, you can NOT
eliminate an aluminum pop top and still pick up a gold ring. It is the
science of metal, not my opinion.
Gold is lower in conductivity than aluminum and the size an karat amount
will determine how hard it is to detect. Gold is a POOR conductor. It is
used in electronics for it's high corrosion resistance, not conductivity.
You may get lucky and pick up large, thick men's rings with disc. set
higher, but you will miss a lot.

If you live on the Texas Gulf coast where there are lots of nails and
junk in the water, you either dig until you are sore, or try a VLF detector
that will discriminate iron. High trash areas will be frustrating and
discouraging.

Here is a good way to find out if you will find gold rings... No nickels
dug, No pull tabs dug = No gold rings dug. It is that simple. As far as
quality of the machine... It is built like a tank. Very durable and leak
proof.

The volume is loud because it is a DIVING detector. Divers need the loud
volume to hear targets over their bubbles. As far as Garrett goes, I don't
think anyone can dispute that their customer service is the best in the
business. If you have a problem, just call them and they will make it
right by you, without fail.

Brand bashing is irresponsible and I have tried a lot of the leading
brands. They all have pros and cons, features that I liked, and some I
disliked. No machine is perfect for all applications. It is unreasonable
to think anyone can build a machine that is, because it is impossible.
Detecting successfully is a science, you don't learn it all in a week, a
year, or ever. It is a never-ending learning process.

If you do decide on the Sea Hunter... Read some books, turn your disc. down
to zero, be persistent, learn your machine, slow down and enjoy being
outside and getting some exercise. You will be rewarded over time...

I hope I helped some of you with facts I learned the hard way and from
men who knew a lot more than I.Aaron from Maui, HI USA